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BY KEITH NUTHALL, MJ DESCHAMPS

WHEN the European Commission heralds the oncoming launch of a major new energy initiative, it is usually wise to await the details with a healthy dose of scepticism. A master of hyperbole and repackaging old policies as new, the devil is always in the detail with grand European Union (EU) announcements.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

KNITWEAR manufacturers in Tirupur, the southern Tamil Nadu state city that accounts for 60% of India’s knitwear exports, have struggled to retain sales due to high cotton prices, forcing manufacturers to look to synthetics as an alternative. In 2009, the city’s total exports of garments and knitwear rose to US dollars USD2.55 billion, after dipping 10% in 2007-2008, but the rise in cotton prices has led to a 15-20% drop in production and job losses of 25,000.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

With the global textile and clothing industry this year emerging from a deep slump, it is perhaps understandable that there were going to be unexpected twists and turns in the sector during 2010. Of course, the fashion business is always colourful, and attracts characters and innovation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EURO EUR6million research project will see scientists collect, isolate and classify marine organisms, including sea anemones, tunicates and micro and macroalgae, from the world’s seas and oceans, and look for active biochemicals with potential medical uses. The 2010-1014 MAREX project is coordinated by the University of Helsinki, Finland, working with researchers from Belgium, Britain, Chile, Finland, France, India, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

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THE BANGLADESH textile industry and its chemical suppliers will improve its environmental standards helped by a wing of the World Bank and five major clothing brands. The bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), working with H&M, Kappahl, Lindex, Levis and Mothercare, will use regional and international consultants to transfer knowledge to Bangladeshi consulting firms and auditors to work with textile companies to assess existing environmental practices, then improve waste-management and energy efficiency.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a new monitoring system for EU wholesale markets for natural gas, with the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) being charged with detecting and deterring market abuse and manipulation.…

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This was the year when Turkey really came into its own. With a well-established and successful clothing and textile industry, supping Europe, Russia and the Middle East, its industry this year laid claim to becoming a fashion centre. August’s Istanbul Fashion Week caught a lot of global attention with 21 catwalk shows, an audience of 40,000, and more than 500 overseas guests.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ASSOCIATION of European Wheel Manufacturers (EUWA) has welcomed the decision of the European Commission to propose a stiff anti-dumping duty on Chinese-made aluminum wheels imported into the European Union (EU). However, carmakers, represented by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) are unhappy.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has now approved a European Union (EU) regulation insisting that personal care products imported from outside the EU, Turkey, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein be labelled or marked with their country of origin. MEPs agreed the words ‘made in’ and the country of origin must be written on labels in English or a local language understood where the goods are sold.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed imposing stiff 22.3% definitive anti-dumping duties on imports into the European Union (EU) of Chinese-made aluminium road wheels for motor vehicles.

This tariff threatens to choke off a cheap and plentiful supply of wheels to EU automobile manufacturers, consuming large amounts of Chinese aluminium.…